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Interim Surgical Services Nurse Director

You'll direct the department's clinical work: patient assessment, care plans, patient visits and complaint management.

Posted Oct 16

Shift and hours
Day shift Schedule: Day Shift | 40 hours per week40 hours a week
Unit and setting
OR
License
RN license Must have compact RN license or state RN license relevant to travel assignment location prior to start of assignment.Compact or state RN license for the assignment location
Term
Travel

Do you qualify?

License
Compact or state RN license for the assignment location Must have compact RN license or state RN license relevant to travel assignment location prior to start of assignment. Check your license
Certification
Certified Registered Nurse before hire Certified Registered Nurse obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.
Certification
BLS within 30 days of hireAfter hire · obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire Certified BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date.
Education
Bachelor's in nursing or accredited nursing diploma Bachelor's degree in nursing or diploma from an accredited school/college of nursing required.
Experience
5 years of experience 5 years of experience required and 2 years of leadership or management experience required.
Experience
2 years of leadership or management

Preferred

Education
Master's degree, or bachelor's plus experience, preferred Master's degree or combination of Bachelor's degree and experience preferred.
Experience
10 years of experience 10 years of experience preferred and 5 years of leadership or management experience preferred.
Experience
5 years of leadership or management
Experience
5 years leading surgical services departments 5 years of experience leading surgical services departments

What it pays

Benefits

  • CEU Allowance

The role and schedule

Day to day
patient assessment and care plan development Directs clinical activities, including patient assessment, care plan development, service level determination, patient visits, and complaint management.
Day to day
patient visits
Day to day
complaint management
Day to day
budget preparation and monitoring Prepares and monitors budget(s) and ensures that assigned nursing area operates within allocated funds.
Day to day
internal and external audits Coordinates and directs internal and externally-driven audits.
Day to day
staffing: hiring, orientation, evaluations and continuing education Plans, organizes and directs all activities related to staffing, including hiring, orienting, evaluating and continuing education initiatives.
Hours stated
Day Shift | 40 hours a week
Details
Interim leadership placement through Ascension Premier Staffing Department: Ascension Premier Staffing - Interim Leadership

The workplace

Ascension logo
Ascension
Hiring organization

Your fit

Questions to ask

  • Can you walk me through differentials?
  • What should I expect for weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
  • What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
  • How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
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On your path

Operating Room is a specialty you move into. Periop programs often train from the ground up.

Original listing

Posted on Ascension’s careers page.

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Facility
Ascension St. Agnes Hospital
Department
Ascension Premier Staffing - Interim Leadership
Schedule
Day Shift | 40 hours per week

Gross Rate up to $5,449.01 per week #APS Develops departmental goals and objectives consistent with medical, administrative, legal and ethical requirements of the health care delivery system. Directs clinical activities, including patient assessment, care plan development, service level determination, patient visits, and complaint management. Prepares and monitors budget(s) and ensures that assigned nursing area operates within allocated funds.

Coordinates and directs internal and externally-driven audits. Plans, organizes and directs all activities related to staffing, including hiring, orienting, evaluating and continuing education initiatives. Licensure / Certification / Registration Required Credential(s): Certified BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date.

American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted. Certified Registered Nurse obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date. Must have compact RN license or state RN license relevant to travel assignment location prior to start of assignment.

Education Bachelor's degree in nursing or diploma from an accredited school/college of nursing required. Master's degree or combination of Bachelor's degree and experience preferred. Work Experience 5 years of experience required and 2 years of leadership or management experience required.

10 years of experience preferred and 5 years of leadership or management experience preferred.

Additional Preferences

5 years of experience leading surgical services departments

What's around it?

In Baltimore, MD

Baltimore, MDFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 5% above the US average

Median rent
$1,331/mo
Household income
$62,177/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

See Baltimore, MD

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